Rail-fastening.



- the heecl 11 encl GEORGE W. ROEMER ANID CHARLES PRIESTER, QIE CHICAGO, SI?HEN OH CHICAGO,

ONE-TI-IIRI) T0 PETER ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOBS CF ILLINOIS= BAIL-FAS TENING.

Specificetion of Letters Patent.

Petented NOV. 11, 1913.-

Applicetion filed October 7, 1912. Ser1'a1 N0. 724,330.

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lBe it known thet we, GEORGE W. ROEMER end CHARLES PRIESTER, citizens of the United Stetes, end residents of the city o1 l1icego, county of Cook, end Stete of 111inois, heve invented certein new encl useful llmprovements in Reil-Festenings, of which the follovving is e specificetion.

The invention reletes to improvements in reil festenings end l1es for its object the provision cf e clevice of this cherecter of simple construction enol eflicient in operation the present epplicetion being en improvement over the construction disclosed in the prior patent to seid George W. Roemer, grented September 3, 1912, N o. 1,037,540 for reil supports.

Thc invention consists in the combinetions erid errengements of perts hereinefter clescribecl end cleimecl.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the eccompenying clrewings fonning e pert of the specificetion, end in which,

Figure 1 is e section teken through e reil encl Feil tie showing e festener e1nboclying eur invention, Fig. 2 is e top plen view corresponcling to Fig. l, Fig. 3 is e section teken 011 line w m of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is e section through e reil end reil tie 011 line g of Fig. 5 showing e modifiecl for1n of festener encl Fig. 5 is e top plen view corresponc ing to Fig. 4.

Tl1e ferne of construction illustreted in Figs. 1,2 encl 3 comprises e suiteble reil tie 1 formecl of cest steel end heving e recess 2 it'ormed therein, seid recess being substentielly U-sheped in horizontal section es indiceteol in Figz 2. A perforetecl festening block 3 is fittecl within recess 2 end provided With en integral upwerdly extending festening member 4 et eech sicle eech provicled witl1 enose 01' projection 5 edepted to teke over the flenge 6 of 'reil 7 resting upon tie 1. A substent-iel recess 8 is formecl in tie 1 below recess 2 encl is connected with recess 2 by meens of en oblong pessege 9 es shown. A holt 10 is provided With an oblong l1eed 11 ecleptecl to pess through recess 9 end turn in recess 8. One side of recess 8 is providecl With e stop sl1oulcler 12 which is edepted to lirnit the rotetion of l1eeol 11 therein. By this errengement it Will be observecl thet holt 10 mey be insertecl th1rough recess 9 end t1.1rned unl 011.e sicle strikes shoulder 12 Whereupon seid heed will be lockecl securely inrecess 8 to revent verticel movementf 'lhe festening lock 3 is then plececl over the shenk of bolt 10 end e nut plececl upon the threeclecl end of seid bolt. In festening tl1e reil in Position, e flenge thereof is plececl unfler tl1e noses 50f men1bers 4 und the festening block is drewn to position by meens o1 the mit on bolt 10. It Will Joe observecl thet the errengement is such thet the nut 011 bolt 10 is conteined in recess 2 so es to loe conceeled fromview end protectecl fron1 injury. Tl1e construction set forth is streng encl dureble end constitutes butfew perts, the principel improve- 1nent 011 tl1e prior epplicetion of tbe seid George W. Roemer consisting in cmploying e fewer nu1nber o:f perts.

In the modifiecl form o1 construction illus tretecl in Figs. 4 encl 5, the festening block 3 is provided With but e single festening 1nember 4' positioned centrelly thereon end recess 2' is 1noclified to corresponcl. Othen wise the construction end operetion is the seme es thet previously described.

l/Vhile We heve illustreted encl clescribed the preferrecl io1m of construction for 0errying ominvention into eflect, this is cepeble cf verietion encl moclificetion Without deperting from the spirit cf the invention. lVe, therefore, clo not Wish to be limited tc theprecise deteils es sei; forth, but desire to eveil ourselves of such verietions encl modificetions es come within the scope of the eppenclecl cleims.

Heving clescribed our invention, whet WG cleim es new end desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combinetion with e reil tie heving upper end lower cornmuniceting recesses therein, of e perforetecl block seeted in seid upper recess end proviclecl et eech side With an integral upWerdly projecting festening member formed integrel therewith eclepted fo1 engegement With e teil flenge; e holt pessing through seid block perforetion encl heving its heed enchored in seid lower recess; e shoulclerformecl 011 seid tie edeptecl for limiting tl1e rotetion of seid heed in tl1e seid recess, substentielly es described.

2. The combinetion With e reil tie heving upper e11d lower communiceting recesses, of e perforeted block seeted in seid upper recess; end heving an integral upwerdly projecting festening member form'ed thereon and adapted for engagement over said rail flange; a bolc arranged for location in said block perfcration and having its lower porti0n anchored in said lower reccss; and a shouldcr formcd 0n said tie projecting into said lower recess, adapted f01 limiting ehe rotation cf said holt in said block, substantially as dcscribed.

3. The combination With a rail tie having a recess berein, 0f a perforated block fitting into said recess and provided ab each side with an upwarly projcct'mg fastening member formcd integrally therewith and a laptcd to engage over a 1ai1 flnnge; a bolt GEORGE W. ROEMER. CHARLES PRIESTER.

VVitnesses JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, A. A. OLSON.

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